Memorial

Gunner W Colley and Private H Colley

The headstone

Source: David Long

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Current Location

Heaton Cemetery , B6202 Tudor Avenue/ Gilnow Road , Heaton , Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL1 4LH , England

SD 69910 08895

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 109954
Description: Shouldered, lancet arched sandstone family headstone with a laurel wreath carved within the arch, with tasselled ribbons reaching down to frame the panel carrying the incised inscription.
Inscription: .../ Gunner William Colley, RFA/ who Died at Kirkee, India,/ Nov 14th 1905, Aged 23 years./ Pte. Harry Colley, 21st Can. Inf. Batt/ who Fell in Action on the Somme,/ France, Sept 15th 1916, Aged 24 years.

War: British India (1858-1947)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit, manner, location, and date of death, age
Order of names: As above

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit, manner, location, and date of death, age
Order of names: As above

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good